Word: obtaining
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...officials contacted the Red Cross to obtain approximately 100 cots for displaced students, according to Michael J. Chmura, news officer...
...result, say critics, patients will have to dip into their pockets to obtain the services they really need--or go without proper care. "You are going to see lower utilization of high-cost procedures, fewer lab tests, less radiology activity and a very noticeable drop in mental and behavioral health," says Elliot Pollack, an attorney with Pullman & Comley, a Connecticut firm that represents health-care providers such as Bridgeport Hospital. "Managed care has too much market power...
...response to the attack, the Clinton administration has decided to support a bill that will tighten the sanctions of the already existing U.S. embargo and suspend most air travel to the island. It has also prompted an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council in order to obtain a declaration of condemnation against the Cuban government's actions. The administration's response to the attack can only be termed as weak and hesitant. We call on the administration to reconsider and increase the pressure on the illegitimate Castro regime, which is the most oppressive this hemisphere has ever witnessed...
There is little doubt where the government's revenue goes. A former US ambassador to Burma describes SLORC as "so single-minded that whatever money they obtain from foreign sources, they pour straight into the army while the rest of the country is collapsing." PepsiCo contributes to the government in more subtle ways as well; they sponsored the first trade fair in Rangoon in 1994 and have been the sole sponsor of athletic competitions. One can only guess how Pepsi's red-white-and-blue symbol is interpreted...
They also proposed that individual students be able to obtain the same privileges conferred to official organizations, such as postering on University kiosks and reserving University space...